Pocket pencil holder



Juiy 8 1924 D. F. CURTIN POCKET PENCIL HOLDER Filed Feb. 1. 1923 ll. lullllllll-llllll EEEE,E

adapted when disposed within a pocket to Patented July 8, 1924.

r: r i v revs DAVID F. CURTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POCKET PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed February T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID F. CURTIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Pocket Pencil Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention pertains toan improved pocket pencil holder adapted to be removably engaged in a pocket f a garment to tension the pocket walls at the pocket opening so that pencils and other articles may be held in place within the pocket against accidental falling out.

It is an object of this invention to provide a pocket pencil holder embracing spring controlled telescoping members hold pens, pencils and other articles in place.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a pocket pencil holder wherein telescoping toothed members connected by an external spring are adapted to be placed between the walls of a pocket to tension said walls to cause the same to act as retaining means for holding pencils, pens or other articles in the pocket against accidental removal.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a garment having a pocket provided with a pocket holder embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view takenon line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the device removed from the pocket and showing the operation in dotted lines.

Figure 4; is an end elevation thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section taken on line 55 of Figure 3.

As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1 indicates a por- 1, 1923. Serial N0. 616,435.

tion of a vest or coat provided with a pocket 2 having disposed therein a note book 3 and a pencll 4 placed on opposite sides of an improved holder or extender.

The improved article retainer and pocket extender is of simple and inexpensive construction embracing a flattened metal sleeve 5, the outer end of which is pinched together to close said end of the sleeve and afford a flat head 6 the end edge of which is provided with pro ections or teeth 7. Slidahly engaged in the open end of the sleeve is a metal bar 8, the outer end of which is provided with projections or teeth 9. The sleeve head 6 and the outer end of the telescoping bar 8 are both provided with an aperture near the lower edge thereof to receive hooked therein the ends of a metal bow spring 10. The vlJOW spring 10 acts to normally slide the telescoping members 5 and 8 outwardly with respect to one another so that the toothed ends of said members will be forced against the side seams of the pocket 2 when the device is inserted int the mouth of the pocket 2 and the telescoped members are released. The spring 10 thus acts to hold the telescoped members extended to tension the mouth of the pocket to hold the pencil 4 and the hook 3 within the pocket and against the sides of holder or extender device. The pencil holder thus serves as a means for holding articles such as pencils, fountain pens and the like in proper position within a pocket between the telescoping members and the tensioned pocket walls.

' I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A pocket pencil holder comprising a sleeve having one end pinched to form a flattened head, teeth integrally formed on the outer end of said head, a bar telescoped into said sleeve, teeth formed on the outer end of said bar, and a bow spring having the ends thereof connected to said flattened sleeve head and to the outer end of said I bar to hold said bar and sleeve extended with respect to one another.

2. The combination with a pocket, of a pencil holder therein comprising a flat e e close at. One and; teet formed on. he

closed end of said sleeve, a bar slidably en gaged in said flat sleeve. teeth formed on the outer end f said bar, an exposed spring having the ends thereof hooked through apertures in the outer ends of said sleeve and bar, said spring adapted to hold the sleeve and bar projected with respect to one another to tension the mouth of the pocket.

A pocket pencil holder comprising a tubular member closed at one end, teeth on the closed end of said member, a solid member slidably'p rojecting into the open end of said tubular member, teeth on the outer end of said solid member, and an exposed spring having the ends thereof connected to the toothed ends of said tubular member and said solid member. a

In testimony whereof- I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DAVID F. CURTIN. Witnesses:

CARI/ION HILL, OSCAR HARTMANN. 

